Upgrading 2.0.20 to 2.2.24 -- WORKING NOW

[felix at crowfix.com]

Well I'll be that crazy monkey's crazy uncle!

I started from scratch -- copied the 2.0.20 .gnupg dir to the 2.2.24 machine,
and imported the secret key as the very first operation:

    $ gpg --import <182E8151.exported
    gpg: starting migration from earlier GnuPG versions
    gpg: porting secret keys from '/home/felix/.gnupg/secring.gpg' to gpg-agent
    gpg: key 783876E9182E8151: secret key imported
    gpg: key 44752F7C4D3D351A: secret key imported
    gpg: migration succeeded
    gpg: key 783876E9182E8151: "Felix Finch (Scarecrow Repairman)
    <felix at crowfix.com>" not changed
    gpg: key 783876E9182E8151: secret key imported
    gpg: Total number processed: 1
    gpg:              unchanged: 1
    gpg:       secret keys read: 1
    gpg:  secret keys unchanged: 1
    $ gpg --list-secret-keys
    /home/felix/.gnupg/pubring.gpg
    ------------------------------
    sec   dsa1024 1999-12-06 [SCA]
          E9874493C860246C3B1E6477783876E9182E8151
    uid           [ultimate] Felix Finch (Scarecrow Repairman) <felix at crowfix.com>
    ssb   elg2048 1999-12-06 [E]

    sec   dsa1024 1999-12-06 [SCA]
          7689998F39D1EA2F37AECF5844752F7C4D3D351A
    uid           [ unknown] Felix Finch (Remote Access) <felix-control at crowfix.com>
    ssb   elg1024 1999-12-06 [E]

Of course this confused me, why would it matter that I imported and migrated
together?  So I started from scratch again with just --list-secret-keys, no
import, and it worked too.

I can only guess that the original copy of .gnupg was not copied correctly, or
got corrupted somehow.

And thanks to everyone who had the patience to deal with my problem.

-- 
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     Felix Finch: scarecrow repairman & wood chipper / felix at crowfix.com
  GPG = E987 4493 C860 246C 3B1E  6477 7838 76E9 182E 8151 ITAR license #4933
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